As with many hotel chains in Asian cities, the Colombo Hilton was beautiful. The rooms were large and luxurious, the staff was very accomodating, and the grounds surrounding the hotel were lush and vibrant. I especially liked the outside walkway connecting the hotel with the gym- it was very tropical and seemed to be home to a variety of birds and other wildlife.
The hotel tries very hard to cater to its western customers. I was there during December and during my stay the lobby was transferred into a Sri Lankan version of a winter wonderland. Even though the majority of Sri Lankan citizens are Buddhist, there was no end of Christmas carols on the radio and the hotel had Christmas trees as far as the eye can see (even in the gym!). But because they really have no actual Christmas experience, one morning I was greeted in the hotel lobby by a large commotion. It turns out the Christmas tree had fallen over- apparantly they tried to hang too many ornaments!